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More middle-aged adults in the US are dying of heart disease after decades of...
Middle-aged Americans are more likely to die of heart disease now than they were in 2011, the Wall Street Journal reports.Obesity and diabetes are now the main causes of high blood pressure that lead...
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Bowel cancer rates continue to rise in young people, and obesity, genetics,...
A new study found the proportion of people diagnosed with colon cancer who are under 50 years old rose from 10 percent in 2004 to 12.2 percent in 2015. The rates of bowel cancers in younger people have...
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Trump mocked a man he thought was a protester for being overweight, but it...
President Trump mocked a supporter for being overweight at a rally in New Hampshire on Thursday night, after mistaking him for a protester trying to disrupt the event."That guy has got a serious weight...
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The Navy is the US military's fattest service branch, a new Pentagon report...
The Navy is the US military's fattest service branch, with an obesity rate of 22%, a new Department of Defense report found.The Navy isn't the only service getting fat — obesity is on the rise across...
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A personal trainer advocated fat-shaming because she thinks it 'encourages...
Personal trainer Danni Levy has caused controversy by advocating fat-shaming."The more we fat-shame, the more people would keep their mouths shut and stop overeating," she said on UK breakfast TV show...
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A new study suggests obesity hurts the planet, but body positivity advocates...
"Metabolic food waste," or overeating, is damaging the environment, according to a new study.Researchers coined the term to describe how obesity, human health, and environmental health are related....
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Researchers may have figured out why vegan diets lead to weight and fat loss...
Eating vegan may help people who are overweight reduce body fat and promote weight loss without restricting calories, a new study suggests.Researchers found a plant-based diet changes the body's...
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A wellness influencer told her Instagram followers that shampoo causes weight...
A health and nutrition Instagrammer is being criticized for suggesting shampoo could be making people gain weight.Self-proclaimed "gut and hormone nutritionist"Eleni Chechopoulos wrote a post saying...
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The rise of obesity among young people is creating a looming health crisis
New CDC data says that 18% of American kids are now obese, and so are 40% of adults. Those numbers are projected to grow.This means that there will be more adults down the road with chronic conditions,...
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Only children are more likely to be overweight or obese than kids with siblings
Children without siblings have less healthy eating habits, according to new research. The new study, while small, adds to existing evidence that only children or "singletons" are at greater risk of...
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Researchers scanned obese teens' brains and found damage in areas linked to...
A small study found that brain scans of obese teenagers showed signs of damage to the areas of the brain linked to emotion and reward.It's not clear whether obesity causes the brain damage or vice...
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The 10 US states that exercise the least, according to the CDC
A new CDC analysis shows that 15% of adults in every American state are physically inactive.The CDC defined being physically inactive as 'engaging in no leisure-time physical activity during the past...
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What causes high blood pressure and how to know if you have hypertension
The main causes of high blood pressure are lack of exercise, a high-sodium diet, smoking cigarettes, and obesity. A strong family history can increase the risk of high blood pressure, and people over...
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A former 'Biggest Loser' contestant became an obesity doctor. She says TV can...
Dr. Jennifer Kerns is a Biggest Loser contestant turned obesity specialist.She co-authored a study with the National Institutes of Health in 2016 that found most Biggest Loser contestants' metabolisms...
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A new kind of weight loss approach helps people deal with self-loathing...
Weight stigma is associated with depression, anxiety, binge eating and even increased risk of cardiovascular disease.A new study found positive results in helping people grapple with their internalized...
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Check out the pitch deck Second Nature used to raise $10 million in order to...
London-based health startup Second Nature has raised $10 million from Beringea.The company provides a 12-week programme to help those who are obese."Obestity is an epidemic and the figures have gone up...
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Doctors are bracing for the coronavirus pandemic to meet America's obesity...
As more people get sick and die from COVID-19, scientists and public health professionals are learning more about which populations are most vulnerable. Emerging research and anecdotal evidence...
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Obesity is the biggest factor driving New York City's coronavirus...
In the largest study so far of US hospital admissions for COVID-19, researchers found that obesity was the single biggest chronic risk factor for admission, ahead of heart and lung diseases. Age...
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Nancy Pelosi calls Trump 'morbidly obese' and says it's not a good idea for...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has advised President Donald Trump not to take hydroxychloroquine.In doing so, Pelosi described the 73-year-old Trump as "morbidly obese."Standing at 6-foot-3, Trump weighed...
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In the largest-ever study of coronavirus cases outside China, 26% of patients...
In the largest-ever study of hospitalized coronavirus patients outside China, 26% of patients died and less than half had left the hospital alive by May 3.Unlike in previous studies of this scale, the...
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